Rail-supporting bed.



F. W. LAWSON.

l RAILSUPPOBTING BBD.

APPLIoATIoN FILED MAN, 1913.

1,073,996. Patented sep1;.23,1913.

QTg 4M( EIE-L5 NVENTUH l 'VV. Lawson.

PATENT @lilillttltt FRANK W. LAWSON, OE' ALGIERS, LOUISIANA.

RAIL-SUPPORTING BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

lat inted Sept. 233, 1913.

Application filed May 8, 1913. Serial No. 786,331.

,To all wlw/m, t may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANK W. Lawson, citizen of the United States, residing at lllgiers, in the parish oit Orleans and tltate of Louisiana, have invented new and use'tul mprovenients in Railnpporting Beds, o'l which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to beds or supports for railway rails, and it. consists in the, peculiar and advantageous rail support and tastenings hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

ln the drawings accompanying and forining part of this specitication: Figure l is i broken plan illustrative ot a portion o'lf a railvsay cmistructed in aecordamfe with my invention. Fig. .2 is an enlarged detail section taken in the plane indicated by the lino ott Fig. l. Fig. 3 .is a full transverse section oit a construction that I pre'lfer to employ at intervals of approximately twelve feet. Fig. 4l is a detail transverse section ot an auxiliary rail brace that l prefer to employ at the outer sides ot the outer railsl ot curves with a view to resisting the outward thrust of ear wheels during the passing oit the train through the curve. Fig. 5 is a detail section taken in the plane indicated by the line of Fig. 3.

Similar niunerals ot' reiter-ence designate corresponding parts in all et the views ol? the drawings.

ln furtherance of my invention I employ under ordinary railway rails l longitudinal suppor l which are eoiitinuous througllont the length oit the railway or such a portion oit the length ot the railway as a person practicing my invention may elect. The said longitudinal supports 2 are formed ot plastic material, preferably concrete, and Yformed integral with and extending between the longitudinal portions 2 at inter jals o't about ten 'feet are transverse portions 3 ot concrete or other suitable plastic material. The said transverse portions 3 serve to connect the longitudinal portions 2 and to maintain the same in the spaced relation shown lin Fig. 1. Formed in the longitudinal portions 2, preferably in line withv the transverse portions 3, are bores 4t which merge at their outer ends in bores 5 of larger diameter as best shown in Fig. it. Disposedat opposite sides of the rails l and connected 'to the webs ther-coi'l by bolts 6, are rail supports and retainers 7. These supports and retainers extend from the under sides ot the rail heads downwardly alongside the rail webs and over the rail.

bases, a nd merge at their lower ends in vertically disposed depending portions 8. .lhese latter are embedded in the longitudinal portions 2 o'l the bed in transverse alinemeut with the bores ll-` and 53, and are provided with transver i aperturesI t). l lxtending through the bores l and the apertures t) are bolts l() which are headed at their inner ends. The outer ends olf the said bolts are disposed in the. bores o, and on said ends are mounted nuts 11.

vly virtue otlv the construction thus .tar described, it will be observed that a stable and durable bed is afll'orded tor the rails, and that the rails may be expeditiously and easily 'fastened to the longitudinal portions ot said bed, and this in such manner that there is no liability ot the rails being casually released trom the bed or permitted to move laterally thereon.

.it intervals ot about twelve 'leet l: construct the bed in the manner shown in Figs. 2l and 'By reference to these ligures it will be observed that in the longitudinal portions l ot the bed are 'lormed outwardly and downwardly in clined bores et oblong -lorln or elongated 'form in cross-section; and it will also be observed that the apertured depending portions olf the rail support.l and .retainers 7 are disposed in the said bores, so as to receive headed fastening bolts l, the outer portions o'l which are carried through washer plates l2, and are equipped with nuts 1 3, as illustrated. ln addition to per initting o'l ready placing of the 'fastening bolts Ll-tthe bores o serve toelliciently drain the portion ot" the bed between the longitudinal portions 2 thereof.

At a curve in the railway. l construct the longitudinal portion 2 o'l the bed under the outer rail o'l the curve in the manner shown in Fig. #l-Mthat is to say. l. provide` a lter't in the outer side o'l the said longitudinal portion Q, the said hert' heilig numbered llt, and on the longitudinalportion Q and above the kerlE l arrange the flange ot a thrust-resisting plate l5. The thrustfresisting plate l5 is arranged at the outer side ot the web of the outer ail and is connected thereto by a bolt or a plurality o'lE bolts (3, while the [lange ol the said plate is disposed above the ker't llso as to be secured in position by bolts ith which are fastened to the over the rails.

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longitudinal portion 2 by nuts 17 Vdisposed in the kerf 14. Obviously by reason of the provision of the kerf 14, the connection of the plate or plates l5 to the bed of the railway can be expeditiously e'ected.

Arranged in the longitudinal portions 2 of the concrete at intervals, say ten or twelve inches, apart are cushioningT bolsters 2a of wood, which constitute elastic supports and serve to lessen the noise when a train passes rIwo of the said bolsters are shown in F ig. l, and by reference to said figure and by comparison of the full and dotted lines it will be observed that the said v holsters are of dovetail forni in section in the direction of the length of the portions 2;

also, that the outer ends of the bolsters are backed by portions of concrete. Because of the rst of said provisions thebolsters are held down in the concrete. lThe wooden bclsters extend above the surfaces of the concrete portions in the manner common in the art and the rails l are preferably connected to the holsters through the medium of ordinary spikes 2b, as illustrated.

Having described niy invention, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent', is:

l. The combination in a railway, of longitudinal rail supports having upright surfaces and openings extending` from said sursaid longitudinal portions being formed of plastic material, spaced transverse portions, of plastic material, integral with said longitudinal portions, rails superposed on and extending lengthwise of the longitudinal portions, rail fasteners resting against the webs and over the bases of the rails and under the heads thereof, and fasteners connecting the first-named fasteners and the longitudinal portions or supports and having portions disposed in the said openings. l

2. The combination in a railway, of aY bed of plastic material comprising longitudinal rail-supporting portions having uprightV 8. The combination in a railway, of a extending bed of plastic material comprising longitudinal rail-supporting portions having upright surfaces and also having downwardly and outwardly inclined transverse bores extending tlircughout their thicknesses, and spaced transverse portions, of less height than the longitudinal portions, integral with and extending between said longitudinal portions, rails superposed on the longitudinal portions of the bed, fasteners connected with the rails and having depending apertured portions embedded in the longitudinal bed portions and intersecting said transverse inclined bores, and bolts extending through the transverse bores and the apertures in the fasteners and secure to the bed.

n testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

N. E. HUMPHREY, EMILE T. CoMBn.

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